Dec 1, 2024 | USCTA News
The 27th USCTA Annual Dinner, Awards and Auction will occur on Friday, December 13, 2024, at the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York. The cocktails will start promptly at 6:30 PM, followed by dinner, awards and a live auction at 7:30 PM. Attire is black tie. The 2024 Hall of Fame inductee will be Graham Hyland (1956- ). Hyland served as head professional at the Racquet & Tennis Club from 1978 to 1982. He was a multiple time U.S. Open singles and doubles champion and he captured the inaugural World Doubles title at the official reopening of the Newport court in… Read the Full Story >
Dec 1, 2024 | USCTA News
On the Eve of the Whitney Cup In Praise of a Small Field by George Bell bell.george@gmail.com One of the enduring knocks against our game, possibly even more than its obscurity, is that nobody plays it. Tennis participation is 24 million, or just under 8% of the US population, not huge, but for every 24,000 of them, there is one of us. PhDs in dead languages outnumber us, too. Imagine a slender folder holding the last copy of the rules and customs of a nearly forgotten game, misplaced between volumes in a library of infinite books. And yet, here we… Read the Full Story >
Oct 1, 2024 | International News, USCTA News
TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NEWPORT IN 2025! 2025 will be a historic year for court tennis in Newport. The National Tennis Club will be the first club in history to host both the Ladies’ Real Tennis World Championship and the Real Tennis World Championship in the same year. Here are the details: 2025 Ladies’ Real Tennis World Championship Friday, May 23rd to Saturday, May 31st Current holder: Claire Fahey 2025 Real Tennis World Championship Tuesday, September 23rd to Saturday, September 27th Current holder: Camden Riviere More information will be provided on both events very soon.
Jul 31, 2024 | USCTA News
Pierre’s Book – 2024 Edition Pierre’s Book, first published in 1971 and reprinted in 1991, is a primer on how to play court tennis. It was the first modern instruction manual on court tennis. Long out of print and hard to find, Pierre’s book is being reissued and will be available in hardcover in the fall. Pricing is still to be finalized but shouldn’t be more than $65 (plus shipping and sales tax). The 2024 Edition reproduces Pierre’s Book in its entirety. In addition, there is a new, substantial appendix which includes historical news clippings, photographs (some never before published), a selected bibliography on all… Read the Full Story >
May 1, 2024 | International News, USCTA News
There will be a Celebration of Life gathering on June 26. Please click here to read the full obituary. Born 13 February 1937, died 28 April 2024 by James Zug James F.C. Bostwick, the former world champion, died last weekend at the age of eighty-seven. Jimmy Bostwick was one of the greatest amateur athletes of the twentieth century. He first played court tennis in Aiken, where he grew up. He took lessons from Pierre Etchebaster when Pierre was down for his annual spring sojourn. In his early twenties, Bostwick started playing tennis regularly at the Racquet & Tennis Club after… Read the Full Story >
Mar 30, 2024 | Tournament Results, USCTA News
By an interested observer The 2024 Noll Cup was contested at the Racquet Club of Chicago from February 2nd – 4th. We had 8 players travel to Chicago from New York, Boston, Aiken, Louisville and Washington D.C. There was also a strong field of 15 Chicago players and there were two notable performances in the early rounds. One of those performances goes to Boston’s John Eder, who played much better than his handicap would have suggested in pushing Aiken’s Sawyer Duncan all the way to a 6-5 in the 3rd set battle. The other tremendous performance goes to Chicago’s Ally… Read the Full Story >
Mar 22, 2024 | US Events, USCTA News
by Ross Bolling The Racquet Club of Philadelphia hosted the 2024 United States Open over the last two weeks of February. It was the seventy-second time the Open had been held, and it was one of the very best. The court tennis community raised a near record-breaking purse of $65k, which was so large it even brought former world champion Rob Fahey out of retirement for his first foray into singles since the British Open in November 2022. After two World Eliminator events in the late spring of 2023, the Racquet Club of Philadelphia’s Pro Shop didn’t miss a beat… Read the Full Story >
Jan 3, 2024 | US Events, USCTA News
**IMPORTANT TOURNAMENT SCHEDULING INFO** Hickey Cup There are limited spaces; if you have not entered and are interested, please contact Ivan Ronaldson ASAP New Tournament! Westwood 70 + Invitational Singles tournament is open to players with handicaps 70 and above. January 26-28, 2024 – Westwood CC Women’s Events – NEW DATES – IMPORTANT!!! The U.S. Ladies Open will now be played on May 17-19, 2024 in Tuxedo The Women’s Invitational (U.S. Women’s Amateur) will be held at Westwood CC on May 3-5, 2023. The tournament is open to all U.S.-based amateurs. Details on both women’s tournaments will be available soon.
Jan 1, 2024 | US Events, USCTA News
by James Zug In mid-December 2023, the Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the twenty-sixth annual United States Court Tennis Association dinner and auction during the traditional Whitney Cup weekend. Nearly two hundred people came to the dinner. It was ably chaired again by Ted Goneos, with assistance from Ben Lawrence; they both wrangled auction lots, helped set up the east and south lounges, donated wine and reached out to USCTA members. For those not watching a very tight, long-delayed final match on the West Court (Anderson Good & Noah Motz topped Chris Holter & Tom McGinnis 6-4 in the third… Read the Full Story >
Nov 1, 2023 | USCTA News
by George Bell Jimmy Burke’s career in court tennis began when he was 14, mopping and scrubbing the floors of squash courts at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia, and came to an end 44 years later in Boston, where he had served as the head professional for many years. Along the way, he worked at four different clubs, won countless tournaments and challenged for the world championship in 1977. But his identity is not court tennis or less so than you might think. Instead, a constriction of misfortunes shaped him and seemed, over decades, to cling to him like a… Read the Full Story >
